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Hurricane Draws Out Political and Economic Fallacies
Throughout the next few days in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy you will repeatedly hear two great untruths: We need government to protect us from natural disasters. Natural disasters are good for the economy. Regarding the first fallacy, let us consider today’s New York Times op-ed commentary, which is predictably fawning about centralized ... … Read entire article »
There is Nothing We Can Do about Climate Change
Physicist and meteorologist Klaus-Eckart Puls was interviewed by Bettina Hahne-Waldscheck of the Swiss magazine Factum. I’ve translated and summarized the interview, paraphrasing for brevity. Factum: You’ve been criticizing the theory of man-made global warming for years. How did you become skeptical? Puls: Ten years ago I simply parroted what the IPCC (Intergovernmental ... … Read entire article »
Us vs. Them
Morpheus: 'The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around. What do you see? Business people, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of ... … Read entire article »
The Tyranny of “What Already Exists”
We want to know what exists. We want to know it at the bottom of the sea and out in the stars and within our own minds and in realms outside the normal channels of perception. Of course we want to journey to those places and find out what’s there. We ... … Read entire article »
UN Calls for Global Internet Surveillance
“u.n. calls for ‘anti-terror’ internet surveillance. – United Nations report calls for Internet surveillance, saying lack of ‘internationally agreed framework for retention of data’ is a problem, as are open Wi-Fi networks in airports, cafes, and libraries. The United Nations is calling for more surveillance of Internet users, saying it ... … Read entire article »
Movies and Politics: Truth is Fiction Anyway
“Political language … is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectful, and give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” — George Orwell. With Election Day right around the corner, the propaganda machines are busily spinning political webs with which the candidates can lure voters. However, no matter how ... … Read entire article »
Television: Brainwashing You Softly
Hey buddy, I’m talking to you. Yes, you, the guy sitting in front of the television. Turn down the sound a bit, so that you can hear what I am saying. Now, try to concentrate on what I am going to say. I want to talk to you about your ... … Read entire article »
The Sports Conspiracy: Brainwashed From Birth
Nothing is so permeating in American culture as sports. We are exposed to competition based physical struggles for dominance (a.k.a. athletics) from the cradle to the grave. Is this phenomena a manifestation of normal evolutionary needs for hierarchy, alpha males, and social order, or a skillfully crafted campaign of control ... … Read entire article »
Awake, and Falling Back to Sleep
An old professor of mine once told me that the purpose of learning was to “escape.” He said that insight was the experience which would lead you beyond a system that was trapping your mind. He gave a very interesting informal lecture to a group of us about the dawning age of ... … Read entire article »
Once When We Were Free
We’re so much more sensible now. We don’t live our lives as much as we arrange them and organize them. B follows A. D follows C. We take our medicine and our shots because the doctor says so. We’re careful, because accidents happen. We don’t say what’s on our minds a lot ... … Read entire article »
The Most Radical Social Movement in America
It’s homeschooling, and it terrifies the establishment I have just read the best article in National Review that I can remember in the last 40 years. Of course, this is not saying a great deal, because I stopped reading National Review about 40 years ago. I used to write for it ... … Read entire article »
I Wonder If …
I wonder if there would ever be another war, if, instead of mass slaughtering civilians, civilian homes, schools, and critical infrastructure… only heads of state would be bombed. If the innocent civilian populations of all countries were strictly off limits in times of war, not to be touched by violence ... … Read entire article »
US Election: Neither Candidate Will Solve the Problem
“Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he’ll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.” — David Broder “If voting could actually change anything, it would be illegal.” — Noam Chomsky Generally, I tend not to comment on elections, as I consider ... … Read entire article »
Physicists Say We May Be Living in a Computer Simulation
Back in 2003, Oxford professor Nick Bostrom suggested that we may be living in a computer simulation. In his paper, Bostrom offered very little science to support his hypothesis — though he did calculate the computational requirements needed to pull off such a feat. And indeed, a philosophical claim is ... … Read entire article »
Fear
If we were to pinpoint the one pervasive emotion in society today, it would be fear. People all around you are fearful of almost everything. They fear the police. They fear the IRS, ATF, TSA and all the other “alphabet police”. They fear losing their job. They fear losing their ... … Read entire article »
Anonymous: Imagine we Leak it All
Project Mayhem 2012: Dangerous Idea #1 Imagine we are Anonymous.Imagine you are Anonymous. Imagine we plant trees.Imagine we become Seed trees.Imagine we sow the world with seeds. Imagine we finally find the COURAGE needed.to BECOME THE CHANGE WE WISH TO SEE in the World. Imagine we are no longer afraid of Fear.Imagine we re ... … Read entire article »
The Dying God: The Hidden History of Western Civilization
“He who controls the past controls the future… He who controls the present controls the past.” — George Orwell. “History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren’t there.” — George Santayana. History as Propaganda It is commonly understood that Propaganda is usually employed to garner ... … Read entire article »
The Implosion of the U.S. is Impossible … Until the Day It Happens
All Great Catastrophes seem impossible until the day they become reality. If people took them seriously, they would act to avoid them. Did Caesar think his friend Brutus would join others one lovely day in Rome to cut him up? Did Romans think the Empire could finally fall? Did the Greatest ... … Read entire article »
John Lennon: The Last Great Anti-War Activist
“All we are saying is give peace a chance.” — John Lennon Despite the moving tributes that were paid to John Lennon’s lyrical vision of a world without war, racial or religious divisions or hunger at the conclusion of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, there’s really very little ... … Read entire article »
The Sheep Go to the Polls
The next United States presidential election is to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. The sheep are invited to vote, that is to mark a check box next to the name of one of the shepherds designated by the sheepfold’s owner. What a privilege to be able to choose ... … Read entire article »